PSLE • Let us learn without feeling like the exam decides everything

I read the recent commentary “Scrap PSLE? Let’s pause and think before another big education reform” (Nov 26) with my mum.

- Syed Ali Alswij, 11

I would like to share what preparing for the PSLE feels like from a child’s point of view.

I will be sitting the exam next year. Primary 5 has been the hardest year of my life so far. People say exam pressure can help build discipline or resilience, but the PSLE is so big that the stress can be too much. Sometimes, it even makes me physically ill.